Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-30
IGNORED THEMSELVES.
..rnsr Gsrdsn Gives His Opinion
{ 'o t sbe Enthusiastic Reception
even II Davis at Ascsr.
x.,.raas would Have Been Dom
Tie O'u Iss They Not Given the Poor
Old Man Ikefr sympAihiss.

r,r1. OHIO, Oct. % General
Cl Gordon, Governor Of Georgia,
J'ln ~ HE frst speech in Ohio last night
HA. ~ democratic state campaign. 1t
y 81 the Higblsad House esplenade to
WIS u,oDse audience. indicating the
50 - the ex-rebels' loyalty he sRld:
cLsIn -. " c,ty OF Augusta on su occasion
"ll " met to DO honor to our Gesd
Hneu Gse sad to cover them with ira
coh com. Soxe,s, said this, pointing to the
~. cf nv country which hung over
eAns ,9ere hangs above as the asg OF
ItAor r;on. let Us honor it IS an emblem
tss 0 of eeuRlity, and Of union, re-
elnrhsring that there is not star on IL
no foId which Is not mace
Irighter BY me ngss s,os no+
sected FROM oar sostnern SKIES, nov nv.
Shite line in It's folds but Is made WhlSer
90 nxrer by that south's incorIuptloIe
lord ia oGce, Mt one OF It's crimson
LsST that is not deeper and richer from
tnit.oytberD blood shed in its defence in
.aSry wsr with foreign powers l an
W ot S.re 10 talk Rew doctrines, want to
AU' 80 you again mat before the guns had
s,o,ed their terrible roar at AppomAttox
TSsc.n this styIe Of talk, and ia the south,
:. he senate, il Boston, in Charleston,
. :. the Atlantic, everywhere l have
s.en snoealiag for peace and unity and
concord &c tie purest Legacy for cur
CSUdren to inherit" Applause
CINCINNATI, OHIO, oct. 29 Ia his
srsech here last night GOV rnor Gordon
- Georgia alluded to the reception CT
T,ssrson Davis as Macon as follows:
GITis CHARGED that we cheered JEFF Davis.
mes thst mean goiEg TO war sganI
Snrnose We turned our backs on thai
s-6ken down old ran! What did he do
tsst hedn's doDe2 don't think that l
shot anybody, bat 1 tried pretty hard
you might ask nae to turn q cold
shoulder on my wife. She followed
me TO camp, shared my dangers even to
the nickel, ard in time OF danger in bat
10. owe it to her tender nursing that
nv life VAS spared me. Why should L
nate her? If We should turn our back on
hat man, refuse him our sympathies, we
wonId merit she sc0rn of every man IN
this audience, aud you would feel absc-
lnta contempt for Us. When JEFF Davis
left tie United States Senate ne
lsft II rich with regret and
fUl Of political honors. Fer cur
s.kss he became poor and debarred for
ever from political honors in his own
country. He lingers to-day with broken
health and hsrdly q place to lay him
down, drSEging Gfter him his wounded
limbs What would you think OF me If
/ said go nence, l have no use f)r you
lam net going TO 90 Il. l would have
contempt for General Morgon, who sat
on the stage, if he went back on the
grspd old name Of Abraham Lincoln.
Pat Yourself in the other fellows place.
It vas ny fortune g few weeks ago TO
take nv place in the celebration OF the
6'opton Of the constitution, and when
Gsoreia hsd taken der part Twas proud IS
stood in the streets 10 see the shattered
remsina Of the army bearing tie shattered
remains Of the old flags eS they were
viewed BY that October light amid toe
shouts Of 10000 (hrOats. l felt that
knew the feeling that was puisatiDg IN
ne veins OF the grand man, remnants Of
The Grand Army Of the Republic. Why
shoaldn'G l? They were consecrsted to
& cause which 10 those who gathered
around them WAS as holy as honor and
truth. I would have no faith IN home
and liberty if those men did not love their
old fSgs. Let US get out of the universe
when bste OF the south is called loyslCy.
| am going 10 show that children should
love their flags. That man is better
who has the nerve to do JUS
tice whatever it costs. There is
an honor IL carrying those old f3gs.
They too, were woven by patriotic hands
Of southern women. They were delivered
10 husbands ard brothers, CCDseCrated by
tears snd tears. Some were rent win
bullets, blackened with guupowder and
REDEEMED with the blood Of the brave.
Don't We bui'd monuments to the Con-
federSteS? Why, General Grant, the
glestest general Of the Union army, said
he was willing 10 share In the dedication
ots monument 10 the Confederate deSd.
There isn't good sense in it, and the men
who try TO stir your passions don't de-
serve your vote. You sSw in some CT
your papers column efter column about
The rebel Tags. This is the truth. l YVES
there. There was in ali OF that great
meeting st Macon dozen Confederate
nags and $4,000 of the stars and
stripes, and yes some newspapers are so
color Blind that they could not see any
pal rebel hsgs, and vet the very carriage
natbore Jefferson Davis, and the horses
hat drew him, were covered with Union
hlgS. The house that he was in was
covered with them so IS to almost blind
aim. Speeches were made, and leader
was chosen 70 present a memento OF al
lection TO the wife, and the great climax
oil 1t was that the Union was rehabitRted
on Frmer bases than ever.